There are several reasons that you might want to restore the factory firmware on your device—maybe you need to send your phone back for warranty purposes, or perhaps you're getting ready to accept an over-the-air update and need to unroot first. In some cases, reverting to the stock firmware can even resurrect a soft-bricked phone. Regardless of your reasoning, there's no better way to restore the stock firmware on a Samsung device than using , which is a firmware flashing tool for. There's a bit of prep work that you'll need to do in order to get things going, but beyond that, it's actually an incredibly easy process. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. Step 1: Boot Your Phone into Download Mode To begin, you'll need to boot your phone into Download Mode so that Odin can access your system partitions. From a powered-off state, press and hold the volume down, home, and power buttons simultaneously. At this point, you'll see a warning message—but like it says, just press the volume up button to enter Download Mode. At this point, just connect your phone to your PC with a USB data cable, then the rest of the work will be done on the Windows side of things. Step 2: Install the Samsung USB Drivers on Your Computer From your Windows computer, start by downloading the. Once the file is saved to your PC, simply launch it, then follow the prompts for installation. Step 4: Download Your Stock Firmware File Finally, you'll need to grab a copy of the stock firmware for your particular variant of the Galaxy S6. Start by heading to , then search your device's model number using the field at the top of the page. At this point, Odin will get to work on flashing the stock firmware. If it doesn't reboot, press and hold the volume down and power buttons on your phone to manually restart the device. At this point, you can disconnect your phone from your PC. This first boot will take a lot longer than it normally does, even as much as 10 minutes. If you experience any minor glitches after restoring the stock firmware, simply reboot into recovery mode and perform a factory reset. What was your motivation for restoring the factory firmware on your Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge? Let us know in the comment section below, or drop us a line on Android Hacks' or , or Gadget Hacks' , , or. Related I am so lost, I hope you can help. I bought this phone at a shop down the street because I though I was saving money. It was fine for awhile, but suddenly it locked up. I took it to my T-mobile store and they said it is rooted, so I took it back to where I bought it. They said why d you root the phone, I never did. I then sent my phone to samsung, and they sent it back saying it was rooted and out of warrenty. What do I do where can I take it in the Huntington Beach ca. My WIFI works fine, but I can't make or receive phone calls, and I can't screen mirror to my smart tv.
